Winding-machine



P. F. RHOADES.

WINDING MACHINE.

APPLlcAmN FILED MAY 3. 1919.

1 ,353,269. Patented Sept. 21, 1920.

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W|NDNG MACHINE. APPLICAHQN HLEQ MAY a. 1919.

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P. F. RHOADES.

WINDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3,1919.

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WINDING MACHINE.

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APPLICATLON FILED MAY 3. 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oF-FICE.

PHILIP F. ,RHOADES, OF YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM M.

WELLING, OF LONG VALLEY, NEW JERSEY. i

WINDING-MACHINE.

T all whom t may concern.'

chines, of which the following is a specifica-- v tion.

This invention relates to a winding machine, the invention being more particularly related to an improved machine for coil Winding objects such as'dynamo-armatures,

- electromagnets and the like.

In the present instance, I have shown the preferred embodiment 'of my invention as operating in conjunction with a well-known type of dynamo-armature, but I Wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to this particular application of the invention, as the latter in its broad aspects provides efficient mechanisml for Winding or enwrapping with coils various objects or forms required to be coil wound or enwrapped.

A main object of my inventionis the provision of a simple and etlicient machine of this character, embodying means for holding objects or forms of different size or shape, and embodying power driven Winding mechanism adapted to have movement labout or around the object to be wound,

the Winding mechanism including a needle through which the wire or other material to be coiled, is led, distributed and placed symmetrically and With uniform tautness upon the object to be Wound.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this .character having. its parts so arranged and connected 'that they may be readily adjusted in a` variety of ways in order etliciently to com- .l pensate as may be necessary for objects differing in size, form or construction; there also being in view in this connection the.

provision of means for subjecting the parts in their variously adjusted relations to uniform lpressure or tension,l whereby to obtain uniformity in the winding,'irrespective of the relative size, shape or structural details of the article to be wound.

Another object of. the invention is the provision in a machine of this character of a. novel feeding needle, mounted so as to have relative movement both lengthwise and sidewisc in order to enable the application of the coils in the' specific positions desired.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 21, 1920. Application led May 3, 1919. Serial No. 294,598.

With the foregoing objects in view and others, the invention resides in the details' of construction and in the arrz ngement and combination of parts hereinafter described, and defined in the claims hereunto append' ed; and it will be understood that change.. and alterations in the precise embodiment of the invention as herewith disclosed, may be made, to which changes and alterations the inventor is entitled, provided the same are effected Within the scope of 'What is claimed.

The preferred embodiment of my invention, as reduced to practice, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a material Which:'

Figure l is a view in side elevation ofy a machine made in accordancepwith my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View thereof.

part of. this specification, and in Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the ro-I i tatorial mechanism for carrying and applying the wire.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same, taken from the opposite side and at adifferent angle.

Fig. 5 is a perspective' View of the pivotally connected frame included in said mechanism.

' Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the shaft rockably carried by said frame.

Fig. 7 shows the needle and its holder, parts' being broken away and parts being shown in section.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the plate for supporting the needle holder and the guiding shoes. j

Figs. 9 and 10 are viewsinperspective of the coperatingguiding shoes.

Fig. 11 is a top plan view showing a' sector of a slotted armature drum, and showing also partly diagrammatically various positions which the needle` and associated parts may be made to assume for thedistribution of the wires Within a slot.

Fig. 12 is a' view in perspective ofthe adjustable 'structure for supporting the adcompanying drawings, the numeral 20 denotes a single standard or casting, designed preferably iii the formshown (Fig. l), and made for instance with a cylindrical head 21, provided therethrough with al longitu- .dinal bore,lin which isloosely fitted a shaft 22, considerably longerthan the head, and within the outer end of which is screwthreaded (Fig. 13) the stem of axis 23 of the hand-wheel 24.l The shaft 22 is provided with a longitudinal slot 25 adapted l-to receive the inner end of a wedge-shaped key 26, carried by a lever, 27, fulcrumed atl 28 to a post 29, outwardly. projecting from a plate 30, which is rigidly secured by screws or otherwise to the exterior surface of the head 21.

Acting on lever 27 is a push spring 31 which normally tilts the same into position for'fkeeping the key engaged in the slot 25,

the said head 21' and plate 30 being of course, provided with suitable openings for the o eration of the key. The shaft 22 is thus he d locked, against rotary moveinent,`v while .it can be' extended or retracted through an obvious manipulation of the hand-wheel 24. -By pressing inthe lever 27 against the tension of its spr-ing, the key will be withdrawn from its slot, so thatLthe shaft may be turned in conjunction with the turning of I the hand-wheel, for a Lpurpose presently to be made manifest.4 thumb-screw 31 -threaded transversely into the head serves as means for pinching and holding the shaft against axial movement and in the adjusted.-

position desired. Fitted as shown, midway its length lupon the shaft 22 is a vertical Abar 32. Slidably engaged upon this bar are the bracket-hangers 334 and 34, each provided with a thumbscrew 35 or other equivalent means by which it may'be secured in the adjusted position desired. These. bracket-hangers areeach formedv with an extension 36, having -a square opening for. the reception of a sup- 7 porting plate 37 which may be secured in the relative position desired by means of a thumb-screw or otherwise.' Near their free ends these plates 37 are each transversely holed through, for receiving the shaft 38 of the armature 39, herein shown to be an arma- "ture of a well-known type, consisting of a drum rovided with s aced half-closed slots 39 l n' this manner provide a construction capable of ready adjustment to support 'and slot structures.

visions for the adjustment of the bracketwedging action on'the shaft 38. By withdrawing the key 26 from its slot as hereinbefore described, the shaft 22 may be read- -ily turned to bringY the vertical bar 32 into` horizontal position or into any oblique position .desired for the convenient application or removal of the armature.

42 represents a single standard or'casting, 4

formed preferably asshown with the upwardly curved arms 43 and 44 terminating in the respective bearing heads 45 and 46, in

which is rotatably held a hollow shaft 47 ,i

whose rotation is controlled through the luse of the usual fixed and loose pulleys 48 andv 48', located between said bearing heads 45 and 46; The shaft 47 projects toward and, is in alinement with, the shaft 22. Rigidly secured to the projecting end of this shaft, a distance from the bearing head 46, is the cylindrical portion 49 of the radially projecting frame 50, whose enlarged outer end to obtain uniform rotary movement. v

, Fitted in the bore 53 of the portion 49 is a thrust shaft 54 having a thrust collar 55, adapted to bear on the end of the said portion 49. Telescoping the thrust shaft 54` is a second thrust shaft 56 carrying a pressure plate 57, made arcuate in horizontal section,` to conform with and bear upon the periphery of the armature drum 39. By turning the' hand-Wheel 24, the ldrum can be moved tightly against the plate 57, so that the thrust shafts 54 and 56 will be held sta` tionary notwithstanding the rotation of the frame 50. 'f

As best Aillustrated in Fig. V12, there extends through the thrust shaft 56, a transverse shaft 58, on which is adjustably en.- gaged the bifurcated bracket-hangers 59 and 60, each having a thumb-screw 60 orequivalent means, whereby to be secured on the shaft in the relative position required. Swiveled on the shaft 58 in the bight of each bracket-hanger is a pair ofcurved horizontal arms 6l, adjustably carrying by means of the screw and slot structures 62 and 62 asshown, a second pair of curved horizontal arms 63, to the outer angular eX- tremities of which is riveted an endless track 64, comprising as shown pairs of slidably engagedside parts 65 and 65 vwhich are curved as at 66 toward each other to produce the slidably engaged end parts 67 and 67. thehorizontal supporting arms, adjustably connected through the employment of screw In view ofthe prohangers 59 and 60,v and also in view of the adjustable connections between the pairs of These side-and end parts are, like 4 frame 50 is a horizontal bar 68, to the outer sector of the. drum up to and including-a vertical plane drawn through its center. The end parts 67 and 67 are inwardly bowed in order to clear the drum shaft 38 and commutator or other parts carried thereby, when the track is adjusted to cross the center of the drum.

Adjustably fitted in the head 51 of the end of which is adj ustably connected through the screw and slot structures 69 and 69 a rectangular frame'70, consisting, as best shown i, in Figs. 4 and 5, of vertical side members connected by cross members, the outer side member 7 0 being preferably of greater width than its confronting side member. To this side member 70', there is connected by a hinge 7l, a plate 71'.. 72 is a vertical element of U-shape in cross-section, which has one side as shown riveted .to the plate 7l and which commences a distance below the top edge of said plate 71 and extends a distance below the bottom edge thereof. Be` tween the parallel sides of the element 72 are pivoted as at 73, the parallel bars 74 and 74', each bifurcated, as best seen in Fig. 5, for a portion of its length, to receive a connection 75, held by pivots as 75. Pivoted between the outer ends of these bifurcated -and 76 is a shaft bars are the respective bearing heads 76 and 76. Under this construction, the connected bars 74 and 74 are adapted as a frame to have movement relatively with respect to the supporting element 72, whilel the said bearing heads 76 and 76 are adapted to lgave similar movement with respect to said ars.

Extending through the bearing heads 76 which is attached an angular shoe 78, as best shown in Fig.l 6. The horizontal portion of thisshoe is out to form a tenon 78', while the vertical portion thereof carries', below the horizontal portion,a flanged wheel 79, designed to travel around the endlesstrack 64. Over the bearin head 76, a washer 80 and a nut 8l are appfied to the shaft 77 the latter being screw-.threaded thereon, while between the shoe 78 and'bearin'g head 76', there is yinterposed a washer 82, whereby the shaft 77 is supported in position for rocking movement. v

Adjustably engaged upon the shaft 77 between the bearing'heads 76 and 76', are twocollar ,86 and the nut 87. Surrounding thel obviously may` along its lower end,

(Fig. 8), adapted slidably to embrace the. tenon 7 8.

77, to the lower end of v vneedle holder between the collar86 and nut 87, is a lug bent from the plate 88, which parallels the shaft 77, and which has `formed the confronting lugs 89 Riveted to and between the lugs 89, below the engagement Athereof with the tenon 78', are the coperatingneedle guides 90, between which, as best seen in Figs. 3'

and 4, works the hook-shaped endv of the tubular needle l91', which is held in the needle holder 85 nut S7 on observed that the collar 84 through the nut 87. A spring 92, which surrounds theshaft 77 between the collar 83 and the lug of plate 88, normally urges the nut 87 to rest upon the collar 84, yet permits the plate 88 and in consequence the needle 91 to yield upwardly.

rlhis' whole arrangement is such that when the frame 50 is rotated by the shaft 47, the roller 79 will travel on the endless track 64, while the-needle will be carried immediately in advance of the track around the sector of the drum for which the track has been set or adjusted to encompass. The hook-shaped end ofthe needle normally points toward, and the needle guiding shoes constantly point toward', the shaft supporting the drum. By setting the track so that its opposite sides abut two opposite drum slots as included in the sectorencompassed, the hook-shaped needle endl as well `as the guiding shoes therefor can be passed through the drum slots, as clearly illus-r trated in Fig. l1.v When, therefore, the needle is threaded with wire, as will be presently explained, the wire will be coiled about the encompassed sector of the drum 5 the saine fir-st being led upwardly -through a slot, then across downwardly through the second slot, then" across the lower face of the drum, and then again into the initial slot or into some other slot.

l As illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, a spring 93, connected between the bar 74 and the element 72, tends to holdthe pivotally connected frame adjusted in such manner-that through thev 'application of the the split end theredf. It will be Another spring 94, connected between the plate 88 is upheld by the.

.bottom bar 74 and the shoe 78,',tends to hold the shaft 77 turned sov that the flanged Wheel nwill .readily follow the curves and deformations of the endless track.

When the wire employed for winding the drum is relatively light, it may be fed from a reel as 95, working on a spindle 96, supported on the frame 50. From the reel, the

wire passes over a pulley 96, on the frame 50, and then through a, tubular guide 97,

supported upon the frame 70. From the tube 97,'the wire is drawn through the needle v whose hook-shaped end places it in the drum slots, as hereinbefore described.

When the wire employed is relatively heavy, the reel may be supported separately from the machine, but in such position that it will be drawn through the hollo7 shaft 47, then out through an opening 98 (Fig.

1) provided in the cylindrical portion 49,

whence it continues its course over the pulley 96 and through the guide 97 as before'. Itis of course desirable that the wire as applied be distributed around the interior To accom# of each drum slot. plish this, I provide in the present embodiment of the invention, a manually operated mechanismA for rocking the needle either to the right or to the left of its normal. positionl as illustrated diagrammatically in Fi 11. Workingin a Hoor-bracket 99 (Figli is a hand operated lever 100, which is pivotally engaged with a lug provided on the sleeve 101, loosely fitting the shaft 47 between thevbearing head 46 and the portion 49. Integral with this sleeve is formed an annular outwardly projecting flange 102, which works in a block 103, pivoted on a bracket 104, attached to the frame 50. Rigid with this block is a shaft 105, which is held in position by the arm 106. To the top end of the shaft 105 is ri idly attached a link 108. On the frame 0 is the bell crank lever 109, which is connected with the crank'108 by means for instance of a telescoping link 110. To the opposite arm of this bell crank lever is connected for inperiphery stance a telescoping link 111, including a universal joint, the remote end of this link `being .pivotally engaged to a lug on the block-112, rigidly fitted to the top .end of the needle holder 85. By manipulating the [lever 100, movement longitudinally of the shaft 47, either .toward or away from the y bearing head 46, may be given to the sleeve 101, so as to rock accordingly as the sleeve is moved, the shaft105; and accordingly 'l as this last-mentioned shaft is rocked the vneedle=91 maybe rocked either to the right V.or left of its -normal position for distributing the wire within the drum slots.

,As the coils, lduring the winding operations, accumulate in the center of the drumv slots and across the ends of. the drum, the larger member of the. needle guiding shoes 90 slides thereon, causing the plate 88, the needle holder 85 and the needle 91, as a component structure, to yield outwardly and away from the drum. When the two opposite slots included in a drum sector have beenlled with coils to the extent desired,

Ithe* drum is manually turned to fill with coils a set of `slots forming another sector, which may be 1n direct series or remote series.. By remote series, l mean the skipping of one or more sets of slots. The coils of the different sets ofi slots overlap or` cross each other on the ends of the drum, so that dome-like formations are ultimately produced on the ends of the drum, as illusi nection that the hook-shaped needle end is adapted to place the coils close to the shaft, and as Well close to said shaft-carried objects.

In commencing the winding operations, the needleis threaded as hereinbefore described, and a portion of the wire is attached, in a manner well known in the art,

to constitute a pole, and then placed in the initial slot, after which, through the operation of the winding mechanism, the wire is coiled in the series of slots with uniform tautness.

lHaving thus described my invention, what I claim is A1. 'In amachine of the kind described, a

rotating` shaft, means for supporting and positioning a body in line with said'shaft,

a main frame rotating with said shaft as.

about an axis, a thrust shaft carried by said frame in alinement with `said shaft and having a plate to exert pressure on said body whereby said thrust shaft' is held stationary, an endless track carried by said thrust shaft and capable of adjustment to encircle a section of the body, and winding mechanism attached .to said frame and traveling around said endless track whereby to coil-wind said body.

2. In a machine of the kind described, a rotatable shaft, means for supporting and positioning a body across the plane of said shaft, a frame fast with said shaft to rotate therewith as about an axis and having a bore in line with said shaft, a thrust shaft in said bore and provided with a plate making pressure on-the body, an endless track supported by said thrust 'shaft and adjustable to encircle. varying sections of the body, and winding mechanism adjustably connected with said frame and adapted to travel around said track when the rotatable shaft is actuated, said mechanism including a needled for leading and placing coils around the bo 3.yln a machine of the kind described, means for supporting and positioning an object, mechanism for winding coils around the supported object and comprising a shaft and means for driving it, a main frame secured to said shaft to revolve with the same as about an axis, a rigid frame adjustably supported from the outer end of said main frame, a pivotally connected frame hingedly engaged withsaid rigid frameito have swing'- `ing movement Vin relation thereto and adapted to have movement toward and away from said axis, a tubular needle carried by said pivotally -connected frame and adapted to have independent movement with respect .thereto both longitudinally and laterally,

said needle serving as' a medium through which a wire may be wound around the supported object, and means associated with l said needle to slide upon the wound coils and to cause the needle automatically to yield away from the object as the successive coils fare wound thereon.

4. In va machinefor coil-winding having peripheral slotsthe combination of means for supporting and positioning the drum, a main frame and means for rotating it as about an axis, a rigid frame adjustably supported at the outer en d of said mam frame, a pivotally connected frame hingedly engaged with said rigid frame, and a tubular wire-drawing needle supported by the said pivotally. connected 'frame and having a- 2 l about an axis, thrust mechanism carried by the central portion of said main frame and adapted to make pressure on the object to be wound so as to hold the thrust shaft stationary when the main frame revolvesan endless track carried by said thrust shaft and adjustable to encircle a segment or a portion ofthe object to be wound, other 'frames adjustably supported from the outer end of said main frame, one of which is capable' of relative movement, a shaft carried by said relatively movable frame and means carried thereby for traveling around said track, a wire feeding needle carried by said relatively movable frame and adapted when the main frame is revolved to wind coils about lsaid body, and manually operated means for rocking said needle whereby to distribute said coils as they are wound.

6. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with a shaft and means for driving it, a main frame secured to said shaft to revolve therewith as about an axis, a thrust shaft operatively engaged with the central portion of said main frame. in alinement with said driving shaft and provided with means to bear upon an object to be coil-wound so as to be held stationary, an

`the` other shaft, adjustable adjustable track frame carried by said thrust sha ft and provided with an endless track adjustable to encircle the object to bewound, l

and mechanism adjustably supported from the outer endof said` main frame and adapted to travel around said track and including a tubular feeding needle `adapted when thelmain frame4 is revolved to drawA l coils around-the lobject to be wound.

In va machine of the kind described, the

combination of a pair of shafts arranged in:

longitudinal alinement, means for projecting and retractingone shaft, .mealrlils for rotating first shaft for supporting and positioning a body `to be coil-wound, a main frame attached to said rotatable shaft to rotate therewith, as about an axis, a thrust shaft having lbearing in said main frame in alinement with said rotatable shaft and having means to lmake pressure on the supported object to be wound so as to be held stationary, an endless track supported upon said thrust shaft and `adjustableto the object to be wound, and winding mechanism supported from said main frame and adapted to travel winding of said body.

aroundsaid track whereby to effect the coil- 8. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with -an endless track and a main frame revolubleabout an axis in relation thereto, of other frames adjustably supeans on said ported from the outer `end of -said main4 frame in position to be carried around and guided'by' said track when said main frame -is revolved, one of said frames being hingedly engaged to swing toward andaway from-the main frame and having pivotally connected parts adapted to have movement in the direction of said track, a shaft carried by said pivotally connected parts and having turning movement and provided with a' Wheeled shoe to travel around said track, a supporting `plate having sliding connection with said shaft and with said shoe on the side of the track remote from the main frame, resilient means mounted on said shaft and normally urging said supporting plate toward the track, a tubular needle carried by said supporting plate and having a curved -end projecting from the inner end thereof alongside said track, said needle serving as a medium through Which a wire may be coiled when the main frame is re volved.

9. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with an endless track and a revoluble main frame, the central region of the track being inline with the axis about which the frame revolves and the distance around said track being considerably less than the circle described by the frame when revolved, of mechanism adjustably sup,- ported from the outer end of the main frame to travel about said track and having a Y nism a'djustably supported ,from l'the outei` 20 .flanged wheel to travel on said track, said mechanism including a hingedly 'engaged pivotally connected frame adapted to yhave movement toward and away from the main frame and toward and away from said track, a tubular needle supported by the last-mentioned -frame and terminating in acur-ved endl projecting alongside said track, and manually, `operated means for imparting rockin movement to said needle.

10. n a machine of the kind described, the combinationy with an endless track having inflections and arevoluble main frame, the central regionof the track being in line with the axis about which the frame revolves and the distance around the track being considerably less-than the circle described by the frame when revolved, a coil-winding mecha-l end of the -main frame and adapted to travel about said track and having a flanged vwheel to travel ony said track, said mechanism including frames of which one is arranged to have movement toward and away from said main frame and toward and away from said track to permit said wheel t'o follow the-contour of they track despite the set circularl movement of said frame, spring means as`so`= ciated with saidmovable frame by'which to hold theparts in such adjusted relation that the wheel is held constantly in engagement with its track, a plate carried by said mov-- able frame on the side remote' from the main 'frame and projecting rbeyond said track l wheel, said plate being adaptedto have independent yielding movement, a tubular needle su ported on said plateA andl serving asa me ium around an object, anda shoe device carried by said plate to slide upon the-wound coils whereby to 'causefsaid plate and needle to yield away `froml the track as the coils acwith said rigid frame, a shaft having bear-4 ings in 'said ivotally-connected frame and provided wit a Shoa-,a flanged wheel carried by saidshoe and engaging said track,

' spring means normally urging the pivotally connected frame constantly. toward. tlie track, and spri means normally urging said shaft in suc position thatsaid wheel is constantly positioned :for readily follow` ing the lateral curves in said track.

12. In a machine of the kind described, the cbmbination with an .endless track adthrough which to coil wire justable to encompass an object, of mechanism for coil-winding the object so encom- I passed and comprising a main frame rotatable about an axis, a rigid frame supported by said main. frame, a pivotally connected frame hingedly engaged `with said rigid frame, a sha-ft having` bearing in the pivota plate loosely mounted on saidshaft and paralleling the sameand projecting beyond' said track on the outer'sidethereof, a spring4 acting on said plate and urging it normally in the direction of said track, means carried by said plate through which to draw wire about the encompassed object when the main frame isrevolved, and means carried on the extremity of said the accumulating coils w said plate and the parts-supportedthereby outwardly or away from said'track4 as .the winding progresses.

13. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with an endless track adjustable to encompass'an object, of mechanism for coil-winding the object so encompassed and comprising a main frame rotatable'about an axis, a structure adjustably` supported from the outer end of said main frame and carrying a flanged wheel vadapted to travel onsaid track, said structure including parts adapted'to havel relative pllate to slidel on I ereby to force f movement toward `and away from said main frame and toward and away from said track, means associated with said movable "parts to hold said wheel in constant engagement with said track whereby to follow the contour thereof, a tubular needle carried by said structure and terminating' in a curved end alongside of said track and adapted to serve as if medium through y which to coil'wire around the encompassed object, and manually operated means for.`

imparting at will rockin movement to said needle whereby to distri ute and place the wire upon the object as coiled thereon.

14. In combination, a shaft and means for rotating'the same, means for supporting and positioning an objectin line with the shaft, a main counter-balanced frame pro- .jecting from said shaft and rotatable therewith as about an axis, a thrust shaft journaled in said frame in alinement with said `main shaft` and having means `to make pressure on the positioned object whereby to maintain said thrust shaft stationary, means combined with said thrust shaft for supporting an en less track in advance of said.

thrust shaft p ate, said track being adjustl able to encompass the'` positioned ob] ect, coilwinding mechanism adjustably supported from the outer end of said main frame and having a flanged wheel-engaging said track,

said mechanism being adjustable to compensate for concentric and lateral variations y5 track,' said needle being adapted to have distributing the Wire as it is vcoi between the set path of said main frame and may be coiled around the encompassed ob'- the contour of saidl endless track, a tubular ject when said mainframe is revolved, and 10 needle carried by said mechanism `and termeans, whereby at will to impart rocking yminating in a4 curved end alongside said movement to-said needle for licing and e both longitudinal movement .and rocking Inftestimony whereofI have signed my Y 'movement relative to said mechanism and name to thisI specification. 4 serving as a medium through which wire. j PHILIP F. RHOADES. 

